UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Kaliningrad Stadium - Kaliningrad Thursday 11 October 2018 21.45CET (21.45 local time) Group B2 - Matchday 3 Last updated 11/10/2018 10:48CET

Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 10 Legend 11

1 Russia - Sweden Thursday 11 October 2018 - 21.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 05/09/2015 QR (GS) Russia - Sweden 1-0 Dzyuba 38 Toivonen 49; Kokorin 09/10/2014 QR (GS) Sweden - Russia 1-1 Solna 10

UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Pavlyuchenko 24, 18/06/2008 GS-FT Russia - Sweden 2-0 Innsbruck Arshavin 50

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Brolin 39, Dahlin 60, 24/06/1994 GS-FT Sweden - Russia 3-1 Detroit 81; Salenko 4

1964 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Ponedelnik 32, 56, 3-1 27/05/1964 QF USSR - Sweden Moscow Voronin 83; Hamrin agg: 4-2 78 13/05/1964 QF Sweden - USSR 1-1 Solna Hamrin 88; Ivanov 62

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Hamrin 49, 19/06/1958 QF Sweden - USSR 2-0 Solna Simonsson 87

Final Qualifying Total tournament

Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total Russia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 2 1 2 26 9 9 8 46 33 Sweden 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 1 2 26 8 9 9 33 46

2 Russia - Sweden Thursday 11 October 2018 - 21.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad Squad list

Russia League phase No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Goalkeepers Lokomotiv 1 Guilherme 12/12/1985 32 - 0 0 Moskva 12 Andrei Lunev 13/11/1991 26 Zenit - 1 0 Dinamo 16 27/01/1987 31 - 0 0 Moskva Defenders CSKA 2 Mário Fernandes 19/09/1990 28 - 1 0 Moskva 3 Roman Neustädter 18/02/1988 30 Fenerbahçe - 1 0 Dinamo 4 Konstantin Rausch 15/03/1990 28 - 1 0 Moskva 5 Andrei Semenov 24/03/1989 29 Akhmat - 0 0 10 Elmir Nabiullin 08/03/1995 23 Zenit - 0 0 13 Fedor Kudryashov 05/04/1987 31 Rubin * 1 0 Spartak 14 21/11/1992 25 - 1 0 Moskva 18 08/08/1988 30 Zenit - 0 0 19 Egor Sorokin 04/11/1995 22 Rubin - 0 0 Midfielders 6 26/12/1990 27 Valencia - 1 1 7 Daler Kuzyaev 15/01/1993 25 Zenit - 1 0 8 Yuri Gazinski 20/07/1989 29 Krasnodar - 1 0 Spartak 11 11/02/1994 24 - 1 0 Moskva Lokomotiv 15 17/10/1995 22 - 0 0 Moskva 17 Aleksandr Golovin 30/05/1996 22 Monaco - 0 0 20 18/02/1989 29 Rostov - 1 0 21 01/01/1990 28 Rubin - 0 0 Forwards 9 13/06/1991 27 Zenit - 0 0 22 22/08/1988 30 Zenit * 1 1 23 Dmitri Poloz 12/07/1991 27 Rubin - 0 0 Coach - 02/09/1963 55 - 1 0

3 Russia - Sweden Thursday 11 October 2018 - 21.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Sweden League phase No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 08/01/1990 28 Roma - 1 0 12 Karl-Johan Johnsson 28/01/1990 28 Guingamp - 0 0 23 23/06/1989 29 Swansea - 0 0 Defenders 2 13/12/1986 31 Celtic - 1 0 Man. 3 Victor Lindelöf 17/07/1994 24 - 1 0 United 4 16/04/1985 33 Helsingborg - 0 0 5 17/05/1988 30 Swansea - 0 0 6 21/04/1994 24 Bremen - 1 0 16 02/08/1994 24 Amiens - 1 0 18 Sotirios Papagiannopoulos 05/09/1990 28 København - 0 0 Midfielders 7 06/06/1985 33 AIK - 1 0 10 23/10/1991 26 Leipzig - 0 0 Seattle 13 07/02/1987 31 - 0 0 Sounders 14 30/06/1995 23 AIK - 0 0 15 28/06/1992 26 Genoa - 1 0 17 02/01/1992 26 Krasnodar - 1 1 19 Marcus Rohdén 11/05/1991 27 Crotone - 1 0 21 22/03/1989 29 Toulouse - 1 0 Forwards Union 8 Sebastian Andersson 15/07/1991 27 - 0 0 Berlin 9 17/08/1986 32 Al-Ain - 1 0 11 15/04/1992 26 Alavés - 0 0 20 31/03/1993 25 Nürnberg - 0 0 22 24/06/1992 26 Leverkusen - 1 1 Coach - Jan Andersson 29/09/1962 56 - 1 0

4 Russia - Sweden Thursday 11 October 2018 - 21.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad Head coach Stanislav Cherchesov Date of birth: 2 September 1963 Nationality: Russian Playing career: Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Spartak Moskva (four times), Lokomotiv Moskva, Dynamo Dresden, Tirol Innsbruck Coaching career: Kufstein, Wacker Tirol, Spartak Moskva, Zhemchuzhina Sochi, Terek Grozny, Amkar Perm, Dinamo Moskva, Legia Warszawa, Russia • Born in North Ossetia, goalkeeper Cherchesov captained Russia in their first international after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, against Mexico in 1992, and was selected for the 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cups as well as EURO '96. At club level, Cherchesov was ever-present as Spartak finished the 1995/96 UEFA Champions League group stage with maximum points. • After a spell in Austria, where he started his coaching career, Cherchesov rejoined Spartak in the summer of 2006 as sporting director. He replaced Vladimir Fedotov as coach in June 2007 and led the team to a second-place finish that season. Cherchesov parted company with Spartak after an 8-2 aggregate defeat against Dynamo Kyiv in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. • After a brief stint at second-tier Zhemchuzhina Sochi, Cherchesov coached Terek from 2011 to 2013, guiding them to eighth in the Russian Premier-Liga in the latter season – the highest finish in their history. He took charge of Amkar Perm in June 2013 but left the following April for Dinamo Moskva. • Under Cherchesov, Dinamo won all six of their group matches in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League group stage, losing to Napoli in the round of 16. The capital outift finished fourth in the Premier-Liga that campaign and Cherchesov was soon dismissed. • Cherchesov was appointed by Legia less than three months later, his sole season at the helm yielding the domestic double for the Warsaw club in their centenary year. On 11 August 2016, Cherchesov was announced as Russia coach and unexpectedly led the team to the 2018 World Cup quarter-finals on home soil, the highlight a shoot-out defeat of Spain in the round of 16. Date of birth: 29 September 1962 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: Alet (twice), Halmia, Laholm Coaching career: Alet, Halmstad (assistant, twice), Laholm, Halmstad, Örgryte, Norrköping, Sweden • Jan 'Janne' Andersson succeeded Erik Hamrén as Sweden coach after UEFA EURO 2016 having led Norrköping to their first title in 26 years the previous autumn. • A footballer and handball player in his native Halmstad, Andersson became assistant coach to Stuart Baxter at the city's main club in 1990, going on to work under Tom Prahl and then Jonas Thern. • Andersson, who also coached lower-division teams Alet and Laholm, took the Halmstad reins himself in 2004 and in his first season in charge was named coach of the year in Sweden after steering Halmstad to second place. • After a brief spell at second-tier Örgryte in 2010, Andersson was named Norrköping coach the following year as they returned to the Allsvenskan, at first keeping them up then unexpectedly guiding them to the 2015 title. • Although his appointment as Sweden coach meant he missed out on leading Norrköping into UEFA Champions League qualifying, Andersson made up for that by taking Sweden to the 2018 FIFA World Cup via a famous play-off win against Italy and then guiding them to the quarter-finals in Russia.

5 Russia - Sweden Thursday 11 October 2018 - 21.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad Match officials

Referee Luca Banti (ITA) Assistant referees Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA) , Filippo Meli (ITA) Additional assistant referees Marco Guida (ITA) , Daniele Doveri (ITA) Fourth official Alessandro Costanzo (ITA) UEFA Delegate Targo Kaldoja (EST) UEFA Referee observer Ilkka Koho (FIN)

Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Luca Banti 27/03/1974 0 48

Luca Banti Referee since: 1991 First division: 2005 FIFA badge: 2009

Tournaments: N/A

Finals N/A

UEFA Nations League matches between the two teams No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 25/08/2011 UEL PO FC Spartak Trnava FC Lokomotiv Moskva 1-1 Trnava 26/07/2012 UEL 2QR Budapest Honvéd FC FC Anji 0-4 Budapest 29/07/2015 UCL 3QR FC Salzburg Malmö FF 2-0 Salzburg 12/10/2015 EURO QR Sweden Moldova 2-0 Solna 26/07/2016 UCL 3QR FC Rostov RSC Anderlecht 2-2 Rostov-on-Don 03/11/2016 UEL GS FC Zenit Dundalk FC 2-1 St Petersburg 28/09/2017 UEL GS Östersunds FK Hertha BSC Berlin 1-0 Ostersund

6 Russia - Sweden Thursday 11 October 2018 - 21.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad Competition facts

What is the background to the UEFA Nations League?

The rejuvenation of national team football – and the UEFA Nations League – stems from the desire of UEFA and its 55 member associations to improve the quality and standing of national team football. UEFA and its associations wanted more sporting meaning in national team football, with associations, coaches, players and supporters increasingly of the opinion that friendly matches are not providing adequate competition for national teams. Extensive consultation and discussions started as far back as the 2011 UEFA Strategy Meeting in Cyprus and continued at a series of Top Executive Programme (TEP) meetings over the following three years. The UEFA Nations League was unanimously adopted at the XXXVIII Ordinary UEFA Congress in Astana on 27 March 2014. What is the basic format?

The format of the UEFA Nations League features promotion and relegation. The 55 European national teams have been divided into four leagues in accordance with UEFA's national association coefficient rankings on 11 October 2017. League A includes the top-ranked sides and League D includes the lowest: League A Group A1: Germany, France, Netherlands Group A2: Belgium, Switzerland, Iceland Group A3: Portugal, Italy, Poland Group A4: Spain, England, Croatia Teams have been split into four groups of three, with the group winners then contesting the UEFA Nations League Finals (semi-finals, third-place match and final) in June 2019 to become the UEFA Nations League winners. One host country will be appointed in December 2018 from among the finalist teams. The four teams that finish bottom of their groups will be relegated to League B for the 2020 edition. The top four ranked teams that do not qualify for UEFA EURO 2020 will enter a play-off in March 2020, with one finals place on offer. League B Group B1: Slovakia, Ukraine, Czech Republic Group B2: Russia, Sweden, Turkey Group B3: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Ireland Group B4: Wales, Republic of Ireland, Denmark Teams have been split into four groups of three. The four group winners are promoted to League A, with the four sides that finish bottom relegated to League C for the next competition to be played in 2020. The top four ranked teams that do not qualify for UEFA EURO 2020 will enter a play-off in March 2020, with one finals place on offer League C Group C1: Scotland, Albania, Israel Group C2: Hungary, Greece, Finland, Estonia Group C3: Slovenia, Norway, Bulgaria, Cyprus Group C4: Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Lithuania Teams have been split into one group of three (containing teams from Pots 1, 2 and 3 only) and three groups of four. Due to winter venue restrictions, a group could contain a maximum of two of these teams: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania. The four group winners are promoted to League B, with the four sides that finish bottom relegated to League D for the 2020 edition. The top four ranked teams that do not qualify for UEFA EURO 2020 will enter a play-off in March 2020, with one finals place on offer. League D Group D1: , Latvia, Kazakhstan, Andorra Group D2: Belarus, Luxembourg, Moldova, San Marino Group D3: Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands, Malta, Kosovo

7 Russia - Sweden Thursday 11 October 2018 - 21.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Group D4: FYR Macedonia, Armenia, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar Teams have been split into four groups of four. Due to excessive travel restrictions, any group could not contain a maximum of one of these pairs: Andorra & Kazakhstan, Faroe Islands & Kazakhstan, Gibraltar & Kazakhstan, Gibraltar & Azerbaijan The four group winners are promoted to League C for the 2020 edition. The top four ranked teams that do not qualify for UEFA EURO 2020 will enter a play-off in March 2020, with one finals place on offer. Leagues A and B consist of four groups of three teams League C comprises one group of three teams and three groups of four sides League D is formed by four groups of four teams The League Phase Draw for the UEFA Nations League took place at the SwissTech Convention Centre in Lausanne on 24 January 2018. In each league, four group winners are promoted (or play in the Finals, see below) and four teams are relegated for the next competition to be played in 2020. The overall UEFA Nations League rankings will determine the composition of the draw pots for the subsequent European Qualifiers. In addition, the UEFA Nations League will provide teams with another chance to qualify for the UEFA EURO final tournament, with four sides qualifying through play-off matches which take place in March 2020 (see below). When will the UEFA Nations League take place?

The UEFA Nations League will take place as follows: See the full fixture list. The UEFA Nations League group games are being held over six matchdays, during the 'double-headers' in September, October and November 2018. The UEFA Nations League Finals competition for the teams that win the four groups within the top division is scheduled for June 2019. For the UEFA Nations League Finals, the group winners of UEFA Nations League A will play in a knockout format (semi-finals, third-place match and final) in June 2019 to become the UEFA Nations League winners. One host country will be formally appointed by the UEFA Executive Committee in December 2018 from one of the nations competing in the final four. Italy, Poland and Portugal (all in Group A3) have expressed interest. The play-off matches will be staged in March 2020 (see below). Will qualifying for the UEFA EURO change?

The changes to UEFA EURO qualifying will make it more streamlined. The equation is now simple: ten groups with the top two teams in each group qualifying automatically, and the other four places being awarded to European Qualifiers play-off winners, in which the 16 group winners of the UEFA Nations League will be in contention. The UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw will be made after the completion of the UEFA Nations League and allow for the four UEFA Nations League Finals participants to be drawn into groups of five teams. But the key principle of the qualifiers remains: that every team can play every team. The European Qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2020 commence in March 2019. There will be two matchdays in each of March, June, September, October and November 2019. In total, there will be five groups of five teams and five groups of six teams (ten groups in all) playing over ten matchdays (the same number as now). The winner and runner-up in each of the ten groups will qualify automatically for the UEFA EURO 2020 final tournament (June 2020). The last four EURO places will be won through the European Qualifiers play-offs, which will take place in March 2020 and which will be contested by the 16 UEFA Nations League group winners. If a group winner has already qualified via the European Qualifiers, then their spot will go to the next best-ranked team in their league. If a league does not have four teams to compete, the remaining slots are allocated to teams from another league, according to the overall UEFA Nations League ranking. Each league will have a path of its own and each path will feature two single-leg semi-finals and one single-leg final. The winner of each path will win a ticket to UEFA EURO 2020. How are the overall UEFA Nations League rankings calculated?

Within each league (A, B, C and D), the overall ranking will be calculated based on position in the group then points, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored, wins, away wins, disciplinary points, coefficient ranking. What are the advantages for national associations and teams?

8 Russia - Sweden Thursday 11 October 2018 - 21.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

National associations and coaches, in consultations with UEFA, revealed that they feel that friendly internationals are not providing adequate sporting competition. The UEFA Nations League creates more meaningful and competitive matches for teams and a dedicated calendar and structure for national team football. Top teams can also aspire to take part in the UEFA Nations League Finals, a new top-level event. For middle-ranking and smaller nations, the UEFA Nations League will offer an extra way to qualify for UEFA EURO final tournaments. Lower-tier countries – the bottom 16 in the rankings – are now guaranteed one of the 24 qualifying slots for UEFA EURO. Lower-ranking teams who have struggled against sides ranked considerably higher than them will now get the chance to take part in balanced matches. Teams do not learn and progress by repeatedly losing; now some sides will start winning. While the UEFA Nations League will replace most friendly internationals, there will still be space in the calendar for friendlies, especially for top teams who may want to face opposition from outside Europe as they will be in groups of three teams. Associations and teams benefit from clarity of the fixture calendar, and there is now a clear buffer between the end of the UEFA EURO and FIFA World Cup, and vice versa, as well as stability of income. What are the advantages for supporters?

Supporters more than most realise that most friendlies fail to deliver competitive and meaningful football. Now they will have the opportunity to see their teams play in more competitive matches, take part in a new competition and get a second chance to qualify for the major tournaments. In every even year there are World Cup or UEFA EURO champions; now in every odd year there will be a UEFA Nations League winners. Football is about competition and now, just like in club football, there will be a national team champion at the close of every season. Will this mean more demands on players and clubs?

No: the UEFA Nations League and European Qualifiers will adhere to the existing agreed international match calendar. UEFA is always keen to preserve the balance between club and international football. The new competition should, in fact, reduce demands on players and clubs with less travel envisaged for friendly games while national teams will be playing more consistently at their own level. With double-header matchweeks, players will even go back to their clubs earlier than is currently the case. Is this just about generating more revenue?

No, finances are not a driver for the new competition. However, the competition will have the same centralised media rights as have recently been introduced for all European Qualifiers so associations will have even more stability in their income. Will there be no more friendly internationals?

There will certainly be fewer friendly internationals and undoubtedly fewer meaningless friendlies. However, there will still be space in the calendar for friendly internationals – particularly warm-up matches for final tournaments. UEFA is also keen that European teams will still have the chance to play opponents from other confederations.

9 Russia - Sweden Thursday 11 October 2018 - 21.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad Match-by-match lineups Russia

UEFA Nations League - Group stage – final tournament Group B2 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Russia 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Turkey 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 Sweden 1 0 0 1 2 3 0

Matchday 1 (07/09/2018) Turkey 1-2 Russia Goals: 0-1 Cheryshev 13, 1-1 Serdar Aziz 41, 1-2 Dzyuba 49 Russia: Lunev, Mario Fernandes, Neustädter, Cheryshev (79 Ionov), Kuzyaev (73 Mogilevets), Gazinski, Zobnin, Kudryashov (82 Rausch), Dzhikiya, Erokhin, Dzyuba Matchday 3 (11/10/2018) Russia-Sweden Matchday 4 (14/10/2018) Russia-Turkey Matchday 6 (20/11/2018) Sweden-Russia Sweden

UEFA Nations League - Group stage – final tournament Matchday 2 (10/09/2018) Sweden 2-3 Turkey Goals: 1-0 Kiese Thelin 35, 2-0 Claesson 49, 2-1 Hakan Çalhanoğlu 51, 2-2 Akbaba 88, 2-3 Akbaba 90+2 Sweden: Olsen, Lustig (78 Krafth), Lindelöf, Augustinsson, S. Larsson, Ekdal (56 Hiljemark), Berg, Claesson, Jansson, Durmaz (71 Rohdén), Kiese Thelin Matchday 3 (11/10/2018) Russia-Sweden Matchday 5 (17/11/2018) Turkey-Sweden Matchday 6 (20/11/2018) Sweden-Russia

10 Russia - Sweden Thursday 11 October 2018 - 21.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad Legend Competitions Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

11